Second Grade: The Roman Year

Bust of Julius Caesar    

History, Religion, and Literature Integrated

Literature Related Thematically

Books with Classical Themes
St. George and the Dragon, Margaret Hodges
The Wicked Prince, Hans Christian Anderson
The Clown of God, Tomie de Paolo

Books, Fairy and Folk Tales, Rhymes, and Verse 

English Fairy Tales, Flora Ann Steel
Little Dermot and the Thirsty Stones, and Other Irish Folk Talks, Richard Bennet
The King's Drum and Other Stories, Harold Courlander (African)
The Blue Fairy Book, The Orange Fairy Book, The Green Fairy Book, Andrew Lang

The Story of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter
Mother Goose Rhymes, Traditional
Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne
The Wheel on the School, Meindert De Jong
Far Out the Long Canal, Meindert De Jong
The Velveteen Rabbit, Margery Williams
The Mousehole Cat, Antonia Barber
Time of Wonder, Robert McCloskey
The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
Frog and Toad (series), Arnold Lobel
The Empty Pot, Demi
Pinnochio, Carlo Collodi

Picture Books
This is a non-exhaustive list of good picture books that will lead students to an appreciation of art, history, geography, nature, human relationships, and writing.

The Story About Ping, Marjorie Fleck and Kurt Wiese
A Pair of Red Clogs, Masako Matsuno
The Story of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter
Lentil, Robert McCloskey
Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne
Madeline, Ludwig Bemelmans
Cranberry Thanksgiving, Wende and Harry Devlin
Papa Piccolo, Carol Talley
Clown of God, Tomie de Paolo
Storm in the Night, Mary Stolz
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Robert Frost
Mirette on the High Wire, Emily Arnold McCully
The Story of Ferdinand, Munro Leaf
Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson
Owl Moon, Jane Yolen
Wee Gillis, Munro Leaf
Andy and the Circus, James Daugherty
The Five Chinese Brothers, Claire Huchet Bishop and Kurt Wiese
Blueberries for Sal, Robert McClosky
Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McClosky

Language Arts

Orton Gillingham
*Spelling/Phonics
*Shurley Grammar: English Made Easy (Level 2)
Handwriting

Latin

Living Latin
Level 1: Animalia Ubique / Animals Everywhere

Religion

Faith and Life/Image of God 

See “History, Religion, and Literature Integrated” above

Nature Studies

The science curriculum is guided primarily by the teacher's thoughtful integration of various resources.  There are no textbooks.  Anna Botsford Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study contains instructions for the teacher on how to approach nature studies (pp.1-24) as well as lessons and other source material. 

Topics
Waterways
Rocks and minerals, fossils
Soil and magnets
Water
Climate and weather
Astronomy

Mathematics

*Math Dimensions

Related to Historical Time Period

The History of Counting, Denise Schmandt-Besserat

The Story of Money, Betsy Maestro

Roman Numerals I to M: Numerabilia Romania Uno Ad Due Mila: Liber De Difficillimo Computando Numerum, Arthur Geisert

Supplemental Texts

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics, Norton Juster

Math Talk: Mathematical Ideas in Poems for Two Voices, Theoni Pappas

The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat, Theoni Pappas

Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar, Masaichiro and Mitsumasa Anno

Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream: A Mathematical Story, Cindy Neushwander

The Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles, Greg Tang

One Grain of Rice, Demi

Tiger Math: Learn to Graph from a Baby Tiger, Ann Whitehead Nagda and Cindy Bickel

Wild Fibonacci: Nature’s Secret Code Revealed, Joy Hulme

Anno’s Magic Seeds, Mitsumasa Anno

Domino Addition, Lynette Long

Grandfather Tang’s Story: A Tale Told with Tangrams, Ann Tompert

How Much is a Million, David Schwartz

Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems, ed. by Lee Bennett and Rebecca Davis

Math Curse, Jon Scieszka

Math-terpieces, Greg Tang

Beyond a Million: An Amazing Math Journey, David Schwartz

Pigs in a Blanket: Fun with Math and Time, Amy Axelrod

Pigs in the Pantry: Fun with Math and Cooking, Amy Axelrod

Pigs Will Be Pigs: Fun with Math and Money, Amy Axelrod

A Remainder of One, Elinor Pinczes

Twelve Snails to One Lizard: A Tale of Mischief and Measurement, Susan Hightower

The Go-Around Dollar, Barbara Johnston Adams

Lewis Carroll’s Games and Puzzles, Lewis Carroll

Math Trek: Adventures in MathZone, Ivars Peterson and Nancy Henderson

Anno’s Math Games, Mitsumasa Anno

Benjamin Franklin and the Magic Squares, A Step into Reading + Math

     ** Used with approval from St. Jerome Academy in Hyattsville, MD*